Obama vs. Gingrich — Winning the Future
Gingrich commands the media.
Newt has spawned a vast multi-platform media and organizational empire.
In addition to being a Fox News contributor, Gingrich appears regularly on the Sunday morning news shows and talk radio. But most importantly, he knows how to leverage his brand through being a prolific author, producing numerous films through Gingrich Productions, and mastering social media. Since he resigned as speaker of the House in 1998 (yes I will get to that), Newt’s love of policy and problem solving has spawned various non-profit organizations and political action groups. Besides the aforementioned American Solutions, there is Renewing American Leadership, the Center for Health Transformation, and The Americano, his newest organization with a bilingual web site targeted at conservative Hispanic-Americans.
If you are a Republican primary voter, you are already aware of Newt as a force and his many organizations that motivate, inform, and address your concerns about the future of this nation.
Newt is a great debater.
The first debate for the 2012 nomination takes place on May 2, 2011, at the Ronald Reagan Library.
On stage could be a flock of presidential hopefuls all trying to break through the ice.
Many believe Newt will not only break through, but that he will melt the ice and emerge the winner.
His extensive knowledge of all issues foreign and domestic will wow the audience and build an emotional connection with viewers. For Newt, who just produced a documentary titled Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, there is no better place for him to display his leadership and debating skills than on the hallowed ground that honors his hero.
What about Newt’s personal baggage?
The sentiments I hear most often from Republicans about Newt Gingrich’s chance of winning the 2012 nomination always include a “but.” “I like Newt. He is brilliant, but…”
“He would give Obama a real challenge, but…” “I like him, but … my wife doesn’t.”
“He would be great for the nation, but he has too much personal baggage.”
Gingrich is now happily married to his third wife and has converted to Catholicism.
When he announces for president he must address those personal issues and the cloud that surrounds his resignation as speaker of the House in 1998. Gingrich needs to express honest and full contrition, ask for forgiveness, and move on down the road. Americans are a forgiving people and respond well when leaders or celebrities are truthful and sincere.
“Winning the future,” whether it’s Obama’s new theme or Newt’s 2005 book title, is serious business right now because America is on a path to losing the future. Newt Gingrich, with his potential for party unity, grasp of the issues, command of the media, and superb speaking skills, may be the GOP’s best chance of winning the future and the White House in 2012.
Newt supported Dede Scozzafava, who in turn supported the Democrats. Therefore too far left to unite the party.
How about party unity going both ways? Next time the leftists lose a party nomination, I want to see all those “uniters” supporting the winner.
If left wing republicans will not support right wing Republican nominees, it is stupid for right wing republicans to support left wing nominees.
If party unity is so important, let us see some party unity from the left.
Gingrich???
I hope not. This ole boy who never misses a primary or election won’t bother to put my shoes on in 2012 to vote for anything.
Gingrich is not a good choise in my opinion; he’s an opportunist, and has shown his colors during the NY-23 race last year, underming a good candidate in favor of a rhino’dino, who had nothing in common with conservatives.
He’s part of the old republican guard/establishment; washed up.
His etthanol stand, his partnering with Pelosi regarding the Global Warming scam does not give one comfort in trusting to represent my values.
Gingrich “commands the media”? Is this farce? The media has spent 15 years treating Newt like a freakin’ pinata.
And unfortunately Gingrich has not overcome or neutralized it. From “the Gingrinch who stole Christmas” right on through until today, Gingrich has been a victim of bad press. Perhaps his personal history, which includes some lamentable lapses (the “baggage”), inhibits him. As a presidential candidate, Newt would have more baggage than an airport carousel.
“Gingrich is now happily married to his third wife and has converted to Catholicism.”
…Excuse me, who let John Stewart in here?
It never occurs to most politicians that their moment of glory might be fleeting. They always want it to continue forever. Newt’s time has come and gone, as far as natrional prominence and the presidency are concerned. Don’t get me wrong. he was of great service to the nation, and fought a much needed and well played political battle at a critical time. But, it’s over.
Newt has some good ideas, but today, he’s not good for the right or himself when he’s in the candidate spotlight. Emeritus status is his best role.
Everyone seems to say NONONO to everyone that might run against Obama.
THEN I ASK…WHO???? Cut out the corny excuses and get down to the grit..WHO?.
AND the media has shredded him and everyone the right even suggests. We need a more vocal conservative press..
McCain and his ilk are wieners and showed us what they were made of in the presidential election. Milquetoast quasi-socialists .
At this pace..Obama WILL win reelection
You mean to tell me that there is not a single conservative in the nation who is a better choice than Newt, just call him McCain2, Gingrich?
He’s been put into the limelight by the enemies of conservativism i.e., liberals, controlling who gets coverage and what kind.
Oh, please. Even I would be a better candidate. Say, wanna float me a loan to get started?
There are some fine conservative politicians out there. Indiana has a fine crop. Unfortunately, they all seem to need seasoning. Look at the bright side: Only two years of Obama have brought out this bumper crop. By 2017 conservatives should control both houses of Congress, the WH, and every state house in the country!
You obviously misread my post
And no loans for those that cannot read
The Republican Party isn’t split between the conservative/establishment wing and the even more conservative/tea party wing.
Just as it happened in 2008 with John McCain, the establishment is ignoring the majority will of the voters with desperate attempts to keep control of the Republican Party in 2011.
That is what this article is all about. Sadly, it has virtually nothing to do with the character of John McCain or Newt Gingrich. It, the establishment is now using the qualities of both those men in the pursuit of its own objectives regardless of what our country needs and the people living in it want.
The birth of the Tea Party; which is made up of 70%+ of the voters of the Democrat, Independent and Republican Parties put an end to the inside the loop establishment gurus calling the shots.
Close only counts with hand grenades and horseshoes. That is why Newt Gingrich, God love his heart and soul will not be the 2011 Republican candidate for President.
Met him twice here in DE Very impressive.
Newt is the kind of guy that you want on your team because he is brilliant and knows the game. He should likely be in the cabinet of whoever wins because he is an inside fighter. However in my opinion he is not the president we need right now. The reason is that he is on the “reach across isle” types who will do deals for the sake of political victories without the values and principles that should accompany them. He is no Ronald Reagan in short. I site just a few annoying examples involving his brief flirtation with the likes of Pelosi on the healtcare debate and his support for gross ethonal subsidies. Consorting with the enemy Pelosi showed terrible judgement. What can you say about ethonal subsidies? Simple an example of the rotting underbelly of washingonian insiders greasing their palms with our tax dollars.
So sorry Newt. I believe you are on our side but you are not the man with the plan.
I still believe that Newt is the best hope for the Republicans in 2012. Media today is EVERYTHING, and nobody could dance around Obama in the media like Newt. And he really IS a great debater. He was on stage debating Mario Cuomo in New York City (with the late Tim Russert as moderator) and he was fantastic. Newt is also about as conservative as the independents want a presidential candidate to be without being considered “too Conservative.” And if it’s a choice between Newt and some RINO like Romney, Newt would win in a heartbeat. Is he the best choice out there? Maybe not, but he would hit Obama very, very, hard on everything from Obamacare to his horrific foreign policy. And ALWAYS remember that Newt has a proven track record of getting solid reforms done in Washington. All of the others don’t.
As for all of Newt’s personal “baggage,” just remember one thing. In 1968 there was another Republican candidate who was also considered to be “un-electable” for having a lot of “personal baggage.” His name was Richard Nixon and guess what? He won.
Allen West is the ONLY choice to go head to head against Obama…
Newt is not a man of Principles… He is an opportunist, pure and simple.
We ALL think West is great, no question about it. Yet, where is his experience for the highest office of the land?? He’s just like Sarah and Michelle, none of them are ready yet.
We need a no nonsense candidate who has the qualifications and experience for the job – Who knows the games that are played by the treasonous left and won’t put up with it – We need John Bolton!
I think Congressman West has great potential. However,
He is in a position now to get some very useful experience in the House. Starting in 2012 he could become an excellent Secretary of Defense. Heck, maybe even Secretary of State. He is young and there’s no need for him to jump prematurely into a job for which he candidly acknowledges that he is not yet ready. He is no newt and I don’t think time will pass him by or render him irrelevant.
We need Allen West NOW!!!
If West doesn’t run, Obama wins again…
Can we afford to have that happen?
Please cite the experience and reasonable judgment the current occupant of the WH has? As for Newt, never! He is just like McCain and people should learn that whenever the media push a candidate for the Repubs it means that the candidate is a loser. I like Trump myself, too bad he couldn’t have Newt’s hair, since in America it is usually the candidate with the best hair that is the winner. I want someone who runs a business or two, who made mistakes and corrected them, who was down and picked himself up again. Trump fits this profile and he is brash enough to tell the enemy where to get off.
Newt Gingrich did yeomanlike service in the 90s. But he has lost it since then. His embrace of Dede Scozzafava in the hotly contested NY 23 congressional race of 2009 was the absolute end of any support I and many of my tea party colleagues would ever provide him.
http://nygoe.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/open-letter-to-newt-gingrich-stay-out-of-new-york-battle/
http://nygoe.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/newt-gingrich-a-second-letter/
http://nygoe.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/scozzafava-endorses-democrat-instead-of-conservative/
On top of that his appearance at the NY City Tea Party of April 15th might have provided him with a media platform, but his disdain to speak to the crowd which was waiting for him while he waited on Fox News was a mark of his ambitions over his sensibilities.
Newt is a good-old-boy and a RINO. . . . .He bought into the Global Warming. . . er, Climate Change scam. . . . .I don’t trust him and would not vote for him. It is time for new blood if the GOP wants to remain viable. They are on their last legs with me, and , I suspect, many others.
Where is the “this is a paid political advertisement” disclaimer?
I liked Newt, but he had his chance, and he let us down. You don’t beat a lying sleaze with, well, Newt. This is a non-starter. He’s a smart guy with a fatal flaw. You need to be able to trust the guy who will beat Obama.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Gingrich is damaged goods when it comes to the conservative/tea party side of the Republican spectrum. He has squandered any true conservative creds by sitting on couches with Nancy Pelosi and backing Demos in RINO clothing. As a far as we are concerned, Newt can go Scozzafava himself.
Always admired Newt. No better debater on the right or left. But he hasn’t a chance, unfortunately.
But the uneducated, uncaring, mouth-breathing masses in America respond to ad-hominem vitrioll, not logic, facts and history.
Dems will continue to win because they can fight dirty and use billions of our money to stuff the pockets of their ward heelers.
Ms. Adams who apparently cannot face the prospect of a conservative nominee yet again searches the universe of possible candidates and haplessly selects the most unlikely of all! Newt Gingrich! Are you serious?
I will grant you that Newt is intelligent. But he is enamored of his own iconoclastic nutty professorism. His narcissism concievably could exceed Obama’s on the ME-meter.
No way jose. And I’ll give odds.
Not buying it. Why would we settle for Newt or any of the other weak sisters when we have Sarah? He will have more people reaching for the remote to change the channel than Obama.
Because Sarah cannot possibly win. I think she’s matured in the last couple of years and is more at ease in front of cameras and is more knowledgeable than she was. But she’s an incredibly polarizing figure and there are a lot of people who loathe Obama who would not vote for her and would stay home. While the media attacks have been unfair in many ways, the fact is, they worked.
I happen to like Newt, personally, but think the sentiment on this thread is probably right. The problem is, there isn’t a good alternative.
Romney: Too slick and he has the health care albatross hanging around his neck.
Huckabee: Immensely likable, but I think Obama would mop the floor with him in a debate.
Mitch Daniels: No name recognition outside the wonk circles, and he doesn’t look presidential.
Pawlenty: Ditto
Bachmann: The Palin problem and then some
The R’s have a great bench for 2016: Christie, McDonnell, Rubio. But the problem is, the country has to survive to reach 2016 and with Obama as President, that’s a worry.
No thanks on Gingrich. He is a prime example of a Republican who has been in the cesspool of D.C. for WAY too long and has become part of the Ruling Class Establishment. He had some great ideas 15+ years ago, but that was all they were, ideas. Once he bought into the global warming nonsense and sat on the couch with Pelosi I lost any remaining respect I may have had a long time ago. I believe Gingrich as the Republican Candidate mean another 4 years of Obama. We need new blood, not tired, old blood.
Newt would be the fastest two hit fight (debate) that the GOP ever had.
The liberal machine would hit Newt and Newt would hit the floor!
Though I would definitely vote for Gingrich over Obama in a heartbeat, I have to admit I have two concerns about him that might more accurately be described as “red flags”:
1) Gingrich apparently believes in global warming.
2) Gingrich is an advocate of ethenol.
No and No and No.
Give somebody else a chance rather than pulling old politicians out of what should be a long and happy retirement.
“I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion.”
Dumb, Da Dumb Dumb.
What an idiotic thing to say. Can’t you picture it? Gay Nazis with leather thongs, jackboots and SS hats marching down the street singing show tunes. They’re out to get us OMG!!!
Also, Gingrich just can’t hide his racism. He is constantly talking about president Obama’s “jump shot” and “three-pointers” and other sports metaphors. He left out the watermelon and fried chicken but c’mon.
Sniveling like that merely fuel patriots outrage. – Please, keep up the great work, Nate.
Newt had his picture taken setting on a couch with Pelosi in support of gloval warming. He is the definition of a RINO. He wil NOT win the nomination. Or, if he does, there will be a third party challenge.
You have to be joking. Newt has been around forever and is as shopworn as Al Gore. And I’m not so sure people will overlook his decision to leave a wife with cancer for a younger woman. Americans are not so forgiving as that, otherwise John Edwards might still look forward to a political career. Gingrich a gasbag and a literary hack. He produces a book every six months or so, counting the crappy novels. What I remember about him was when he got so big-headed as Speaker he began to think of himself as important as the president. When Bill offered a ride on Air Force One and Newt wasn’t asked up to the front of the plane, he pitched a fit that made him look ridiculous. That shutdown-the-government stunt didn’t work out too well, either. Next you’ll be saying it’s time the country chose another president from the Bush clan.
NO, Newt isn’t the best hope for the GOP. Obama would beat him like he beat McCain. Obama wishes the GOP would nominate him, because Newt lacks the necessary charisma to win a majority of the population.
How do you tell if a politician is a RINO? Here’s the acid test, just ask yourself, “If elected, will this person expand the government?”
I got very clear about Gingrich listening to him talk about his version of government involvement in health care.
With all my respect, the GOP already had old, experienced and boring white men as candidates against younger democrat candidates, it did not work and in 2012 it won’t work either.
To think that Newt Gingrich(65) could beat a young and charismatic “first black president” is to think elephants fly.
Gingrich is not a fiscal conservative and a fake Christian-Social conservative. The GOP needs desperately a strong social and fiscal conservative to fight the Obama-Carter disaster.
You still think Obama’s charismatic????
He sounds angry, petulant, self-righteous, and condescending and it’s gotten beyond annoying. Even with the teleprompter.
Why does PJM terrorize us with posting the nonsense from this woman?
“Let’s face it: Right now the Republican Party is split between the conservative/establishment wing and the even more conservative/tea party wing. This great schism was on display with dueling State of the Union responses between Paul Ryan (R-WI), the official establishment choice, and Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the tea party choice. The battle lines between these two factions will become even more entrenched as we move closer to 2012.”
The ‘conservative/establishment wing’? WTF? It is more properly referred to as the ‘Rino/moderate/DC/establishment’ wing of the party.
Can we get Ms. Adams replaced please? FCOL!
If Newt is elected president I hope that he doesn’t fall on his face like he did as house speaker after the 100 days were up. His coalitions fell apart and started spending just as though they were democrats.
Gingrich will never be nominated. Iowans and South Carolinians Republicans will not vote for a Catholic convert or a Mormon. Michigan conservatives will never vote for some one who supported Scozzofava or sit with Pelosi.
Get it!
As a Conservative Republican I would not vote for Newt Gingrich. He is to wishy washy on to many things. He turned me off with his photo ops with Nancy Pelosi, and has never turned me on again. He says things that just don’t sound right, and then he goes back to try to explain what he meant to say.
I’m tired of going to the polls with the only option of voting for the lesser of the two evils.
I agree that Newt was once a powerful force in the party, but he is not our best now. The NEW people in the party represent the future and are exciting in their determination to not go backwards. Of course, some who are young and bright will not want to squander a run on this race against a still-popular (to the left) incumbent. I look forward to an Eric Cantor type running. We may have to concentrate on winning the Senate and keeping the house during this election, preparing for the next one. Also, I’m tired of the talk about the 2 responses to the SOTU being such a bad thing – it wasn’t. There wasn’t a hair’s width of difference in the general attitude of them. There are many, many other great republicans in the house and senate now who would be my choice over Newt. The only one of the “older” group I would think to be a good candidate would by John Cornyn or someone like him – Not Newt. Newt, like Sarah Palin, can serve the party best by being a cheerleader and raising money.
Gingrich sold out to the ethanol lobby and in the process lost my vote.
“Is Newt the GOP’s best hope for change in 2012?”
There’s no evidence the right is that bad off, and we do not need someone with Newt’s long history of unnecessary compromise with the left.
I don’t know if Gingrich is the best hope to defeat Obama or not, but I do know one thing for sure.
If Republicans and conservatives tear every candidate apart and refuse to rally around the one who finally wins the nomination, then the US as we have known it for 230 years will pass into history. As I’m writing this, there are no comments, but I am sure that there will be dozens of people who jump in to tear Newt apart, all with great passion for half a dozen reasons. Fools.
There isn’t a perfect candidate, including Sarah Palin. Focusing on their faults rather than their strengths is a recipe for serfdom.
My view is the opposite. They all have great strengths. In Newt’s case, he is arguably the best debator, and a fantastic idea person. He has experience at the highest levels of government, has significant accomplishments, and has already been in the fire for his personal and political foibles and is still standing. I can support him with no qualms whatsoever.
7 of 32+ previous posts even bothered to say a kind word about Newt.
Most were over the top in criticism, including some who said they would not vote if he is nominated.
Very very troubling. Personally, I save my fire for the enemies of this country, among which Newt is not one.
Enjoy your descent into serfdom.
Under Bush, America has moved left. Under Obama, America has moved left. Under Newt, America would continue to move left.
If we cannot elect a candidate that would reverse this process, there is not point in sanctioning the process by voting. If someone better than Newt is unelectable, then it is time for democracy to end.
James, if you can’t see a difference between little lenin and Bush or Newt, there is no hope for you.
I can think of all sorts of issues with Newt or any of the Republican candidates, but I wouldn’t mention one of them in the same breath as a clear marxist who told us he was going to put an end to the United States of America, and he is well on the way to doing it.
this anon was yours truly
This is the very same thing that happen in 2008, are we willing
to lose the battle again because we can’t agree on one person to
win the nomination or would vote for that person once he gets the
nod…..I don’t care who wins as long as its not Waffles the Clown
who we now have in office….
We talk about everybodies baggage except Obama’s, and please name
me one candidate other than Palin who could go in and govern our
nation any better than a Newt or Palin….
We can keep this up and lose the election or we can get behind who
ever wins the nomination and pour all our support behind and win in
2012..If we wait on the perfect candidate then we lost before we
ever started…
Come on conservatives we are better then this……
Gingrich is only interested in what’s best for Gingrich not our country. He is spineless with no morals or scruples. If one looks at his past actions, he is like an infomercial spouting the latest fad or whatever he thinks the Amrican public wants to hear. Nothing but a straw man’s straw dog.
The best way for the Republican’s to give Obama another term is to put someone like Gingrich on the ticket.
As an independent I’d vote third party or write in a candidate if Gingrich was the Republican nominee.
Newt is far more capable than all other candidates. He has depth and creativity in history, politics, government dynamics, and raw American patriotism. His main opposition will not be from Democrats but rather from establishment Republicans with lesser skills and abilities who have already revealed how threatened they feel by comparison.
If Newt runs I will vote. If he doesn’t run I will stay home. I am sick of voting for the losers elevated by the Republican establishment – remember John McCain ? Huckabee is a phony. Mit is way too “flexible”. Palin is too “normal”. And the rest of the field are next to invisible and unremarkable when compared to Newt.
Will the Republicans have the courage to support someone with a high IQ and exellent debate skills? Would love to see him in a debate with Obama and teleprompter. Don’t hold your breath…………
Newt’s picture accompanies the definition of “establishment Republican” in the dictionary.
He MAY have had some good ideas a generation ago, but how many of them were implemented? He did ‘bring them up for a vote’ in the first 100 days (and passed very few), but then spent the rest of the time being ineffectual.
Wasn’t it Newt that blindly followed the RNC endorsement (which we’ve learned consists solely of a candidates ability to pay for their run and not their positions.) for Dede Scozzafava?- The woman who couldn’t be classified even as a centrist Democrat? A Liberal in RINO clothing? Yeah, thought so.
Wasn’t it Newt who generated such enthusiasm with ‘The Contract With America’ as speaker of the house yet, stood back and watched as they did everything the contract stood against?? Yeah, thought so. Some demonstration of inability for leadership there, eh?
Wasn’t it Newt who emboldened little Jimmy Dobson who had the audacity to think he had the first clue about politics who confused so many with his outrageously singular agenda of abortion which derailed our principles to an extent we were saddled with the RINO McPain? Yeah, thought so.
I could go on but, these more than cover the issue. I highly suggest you return to the instructions of our Founding Fathers and learn how to choose a president.
…wasn’t it Newt who divorced two wives (one desperately ill) for younger women and is now in a third marriage?
Seems like politics isn’t the only thing he just won’t quit.
troll
Troll?
Prove it.
I kinda like Newt, but not for President. As someone posted above, maybe in the Cabinet or some other such capacity.
Not Newt.
He has some good ideas, but he is far better as an advisor than he was in office.
A good executive is not the same thing as a good advisor or academic.
Anybody who calls Newt a RINO must be a troll for the Democrats.
Then please explain his enthusiasm for, as others have mentioned, Scozzafava, AGW/cap-and-trade, “emergency” stimulus money, and yes, ethanol. These are all unforced, RINOish, business as usual errors.
I’m betting that Obama deliberately used “winning the future” as a catch phrase out of anticipation that Newt will run and so that O can co-opt the expression as his own.
As a die hard conservative, I will never vote for this pompous tool unless he’s the only choice against Obama. We can find a much better candidate easily. This guy needs to be history.
Is Myra Adams from Iowa, the home of Ethanol and where Newt endorses the Ethanol Lobby. Including Global Warming and Cap & Trade.
Those issues are not Conservative, they are Central Planning Liberal Issues.
Make one wonder if Newt would be thinking about running as a moderate democrat.
“Newt Gingrich has been touring Iowa lately, attempting to generate interest in a run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, and he’s been going the traditional route of defending farm subsidies, especially for ethanol.” — Hot Air, 31 Jan 11
Mr Gingrich, who once tried to be a part of the solution, has become a part of the problem. He has already flipped on controlling the budget, and is firmly a member of the old guard. He’s not what America needs in 2012.
“Newt Gingrich has been touring Iowa lately, attempting to generate interest in a run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, and he’s been going the traditional route of defending farm subsidies, especially for ethanol. — Hot Air, 21 Jan 11.
Mr Gingrich has already flipped on trying to control the national budget, siding with the go-along get-along establishment wing of the party. I’ll use my vote to destroy the living appeasers, not dig up the dead ones.
Lately Newt’s been tooting his horn about how during his reign as speaker of the house that government “only” grew by about 3%.
So we have a choice between limited growth of government and massive growth of government.
What do you see as the difference between the two? They both take us to the same wrong destination, only at different rates.
Now is the time for conservatives to make good on their promises and reduce government.
We can no longer be content with merely growing it at a slower rate.
Newt Gingrich doesn’t know how to make government smaller, he only knows how to let democrats grow it at a slower rate.
GINGRICH? Are you kidding?!?! What, are you still living in 1993? He’s the biggest disappointment to conservatives evah. No way do I want him anywhere near the White House.
I say NEVER to Newt. He is just like McCain who now thinks Obama is a MODERATE! Articles like the one above used to work, but true conservatives have been burned by letting the media (of all types) pick our next Republican candidate for us, like they did in ’08.
Tea Party and other true conservatives need to make a decision on who they are going to back and then stick together and not let outside influences deter them. This is crucial to a win in ’12.
Newt Gingrich can best be summed up in a single word: OPPORTUNIST.
I would vote for him over Obama, but then I would vote for just about anyone over Obama. There’s no way I would vote for him over a principled conservative in the primary.
Godlessness? REALLY? GODLESSNESS?!?!?! That’s a problem HE I mean, the GOVERNMENT when he’s elected president, will be tackling?
The last time Myra Adams wrote a column like this she was promoting Jeb Bush (“Run, Jeb, Run!!”). Give me a break. I have the distinct impression Myra is playing everyone to promote another neocon to the next candidate and prevent *anyone* else from running who might be Obama. Give me a break. I suggest Myra move over to HuffPo.
R U kidding. He was the most unpopular politician in America when he was in office. The house Republicans revolted against him. Certain things he said in public, such as blaming a horrific murder in the mid-west on the Democrats were unacceptable in any company let alone a national figure.
He is a far commentator than politician.
The problem with Gingrich is that while his heart may be in the right place ideologically most of the time, his mouth and/or brain tend to roll off the rails at inopportune moments, leading him to either say and/or do things that he then has to explain, defend and/or apologize for over the ensuing days.
If you want a campaign that is perpetually in damage control mode over the course of the 2012 election season, Newt’s your man. Better to have a candidate who the left has to make up things about to gine up their anger, than one who just gives it to them on a silver platter, or gives them something to hold Gingrich to, so that he ends up ticking off his own side while he’s trying to revise and extend his remarks.
No thanks. A career Pol whose time has come and gone.
If this article was commissioned by a Gingrich presidential exploratory committee to test the political waters, then I think from the comments that they got their answer, although maybe not the one they were hoping for. We appreciate what Newt has done for the party and for conservatism, and hope that he continues to contribute his thoughts. But many of his positions (e.g. Scozzafava, global warming, ethanol subsidies) have left us wondering just how strongly he is able to adhere to his conservative principles if they should happen to interfere with his self-promotion. I could not imagine feeling this way about people like Palin, Bachmann, or DeMint.
The Rs only hope in 2012 is to nominate a rubber-meets-road candidate with a proven track record that appeals to the large swath of independent voters who will determine the election outcome.
Newt is not that candidate.
I vote for Obama is Newt is the GOP nominee. That simple. He is a RINO that capitulates on everything conservative. He has great ideas all the time, and then no moral conviction to fight to have those ideas come to fruition.
Newt believes that cow farts are causing the earth to warm. Veto.
The answer to your question is NO.
Just as Jeb Bush can keep on dreaming, so can Newt.
If either of these guys or guys like them, do become the nominee and then President, then this country is is in a worse mental health condition than I imagined and should undergo a lobotomy.
Bob Dole 1996
John McCain 2008
Newt Gingrich 2012
Who’s next in line ?
I have watched ALL the old pollies come and go.I never thought McCain would be re relected,but he was.There is ONE person who always stands up for what they truly believe the conservative people of America want.The MSM hate this person and she runs rings around Obama and hois policies. Sarah Palin is a brilliant god fearing,business woman with high intelligence.If the press hate her,it should be just another feather in her cap for upsetting the Dem voice. Please people,think of what the good for America really means.She loves that country and loves the people.She would not do anything that hurt the general folk.You give her a nod and she will NOT let you down.
I could have said what you are saying. I thought my hearing had failed me when told that McCain won again in AZ. Unbelievable how dumb voters are. The republican country club set, checked pants and all, of which Newt is a member, is shredding Sarah Palin on a daily basis, worse than the entire media put together. I like her and will vote for her should she be nominated. I believe that a person who so intimidates the general public and the media must have something good going for herself. She is a go getter and is not afraid of adversity. Moreover, she has common sense plus a good business sense. To this day she hasn’t succumbed to the speechifying that all the politicians are so good at, no obfuscation, just telling it like it is. Wasn’t that the battle cry of the hippies? Tell it like it is. Lastly, if Newt is the nominee I shall not vote or do a write in like I have done in past elections.
Mitch Daniels.
As I observed on a previous post by Ms. Adams. Doesn’t anyone ever read the taglines to see who/what the author is about? Here, I’ve done the work for you.
Myra Adams is a media producer, writer and political observer, who served on the McCain Ad Council during the 2008 McCain campaign, and on the 2004 Bush campaign creative team. Her columns have appeared on The Daily Caller and as a co-writer on The Daily Beast. Myra’s web site TheJesusStore.com contributes all profits to Christian charity.
This shoud be enough justification to call into question the author’s judgement. Newt, Like her beloved John McCain would be a terrible candidate for conservatives, maybe not Republicans, but conservative cannot be seriously expected to support a Newt candidacy.
Exactly. Anyway, you cannot possibly call yourself a serious political strategist and believe this whey-faced has-been stands the remotest chance of winning one primary.
So what is your point as regards Ms. Adams’ past accomplishments, Tolbert? Your observations are feeble. Loser.
All of the above negatives are reflective of how the Republicans keep nominating losers.
The only person who can beat Obama is PAlIN. And that is the bottom line!!
All this BS about others is just smoke and mirrors..
I agree!
We had better identify the right person, and quickly. This person needs to understand and project the fact that government is broken and the country is in deep trouble. The candidate needs to be able to command confidence that he or she can get us back on the right path. And the candidate has to be able to neutralize the media which will rally aginst him or her. We have one shot. If we lose in 2012, it really is over.
Ryan/Rubio 2012
Newt had his chance.
Anyone whose primary resume entry is congressional service is well down my list of possibles. I’ll take most any former governor ahead of a congressperson.
I’m with Dave(#61)…Mitch Daniels.
Newt may be well versed on the important national, foreign and economic policies, however, he is way too arrogant and abrasive to even survive the primaries, say nothing of the general election, his time has long past.
Newt??? Please! Just one more CFR to put in place. He is bad news any way you cut it!! Talk about insider. Dick, you know all of this and you support him? Get him off the air!! FOX has betrayed itself in the last few months!! This country is i gone and just look at the so called new guys doing nothing!! Oh yeah, please show me where I’m out of line here??? Tim
Leaving aside [and in a real campaign they won't be left aside]; his “personal issues”, his willingness to cozy up to Pelosi, and his … flexible positions; who does he intend to “Unite” as the “Great Uniter”? Yes, there is a split in the Republican Party. There is the old “Political Class” as defined by the pollster Rasmussen, and there are the people. The activists amongst the people are largely the TEA Party.
At every turn, when given a choice Newt has attacked and insulted the people and the TEA Party. He has stood consistently for the power of the Political Class against any challenge, and has shown far more sympathy for the Democrats than for the Republican base.
If he runs, he will be as an RNC sponsored spoiler to throw the election to Obama; akin to what the Colorado Republican Party did after the TEA Party candidate won the Republican nomination for Governor. They sponsored former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo to run for Governor on the Constitution Party ticket to split the vote to keep the TEA Party candidate from winning. Incidentally, Tancredo has switched his registration back to Republican and is now the darling of the State Republican Central Committee.
To believe that Newt just has to show us the light of his countenance and we will all be charmed is sheer fantasy. If he is the nominee, the Republicans will become the 3rd Party. Probably before November 2012.
Subotai Bahadur
Oh please….Gingrich is a self important windbag with the morals of Bill Clinton. What’s the next Pajamas Media Exclusive: Jazz Shaw endorses
Larry Craig for President? Is there any other unprincipled old white guy who would galvanize the voters in 2012? Is Lamar Alexander contemplating a run…how about Lindsay Graham…Trent Lott? You wonder why people are turned off by politics.
They keep shoving Newt Gingrich down our throats, is there no one else besides this miserable CFR member to trot out, where is Bob Dole when you need him? I dont’ know why people insist on pushing this man for President, he was run out of town once before, 10 years later he has wormed his way back into politics with the look of an elder statesman, complete with Ben Franklin gasses on his nose. The Council on Foreign Relations is the cause of all of our troubles, all of them, and yet I hear women going crazy for that weird dude, John Bolton, a CFR member, even John McCain, a CFR member and everyone hangs on Glen Becks every word and Bill O’Rileys and they work for Rupert Murdoch, and a Muslim Prince who has a large share in Fox news, there is absolutely no hope for this country if we don’t get the right man into office and its not any CFR member. We’re trying to vote them out, not in, .